Ramy Youssef on Comedy, Not Representing All Muslims, and Gaza

“I’m an entertainer who works with entertainers, and there is an obligation to be emotionally correct. My obligation above all is to try and hit what something feels like right on the head.” Ramy Youssef recently joined Lulu Garcia-Navarro, host of "The Interview" to discuss his penchant for self-reflection, how politics fits into his work and why he’s not interested in representing anyone but himself. 00:00 - Intro 01:41 - Working on forthcoming Jesse Armstrong film 03:10 - #1 Happy Family U.S.A. 06:30 - The immigrant experience in the United States 09:40 - Making comedy universal 10:40 - Muslim representation on television 16:02 - Creating tender comedy versus caustic comedy 17:30 - Comedy and politics 22:00 - S.N.L. monologue and Gaza 24:50 - Comedians and political power 26:40 - Connecting to old life 31:15 - Second call 32:10 - Life imitating art 35:10 - The appeal of communal creative work 39:50 - On writing music Subscribe to NYT Audio: https://bit.ly/3Qz3GZu Download the NYT App: https://bit.ly/4gZdoip Watch more @NYTPodcasts #theinterview